Where does “subfebrilitate” come from?
subfebrilitate (Romanian) comes from Romanian febrilitate, from French fébrilité, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
subfebrilitate (Romanian): feverish
Definitions
- feverish
Ancestry of “subfebrilitate”, step by step
subfebrilitate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian febrilitate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | febrilitate | feverishness |
| 2 | French | fébrilité | febrility; feverishness |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |